Celebrate Oberlin Village 2022

        The Celebrate Oberlin Village was held on September 17, 2022, in Raleigh, NC. The events included BBQ Dinner plates, Trolley Tours of Historic Oberlin Village, Jazz Music Performed by John Brown Band, and Friends of Oberlin Village Marketplace. The event included a display table that honors Veterans community. Local vendors set-up display tables to offer individuals information about what's happening in the community.        Friends of Oberlin Village: Mission Statement:      The Friends of Oberlin Village, through preservation and education honors Oberlin, one of the last known surviving free and freedmen’s villages in the state of North Carolina that grew out of an antebellum Free Black settlement. “Credit: http://www.friendof oberlinvillage.org”.
     Post Commander James Langston, 1st Vice Commander Gabriel Carr, Historian James Whitaker, Legionnaire Joe Holt and Ladies Auxiliary Unit Vice President Mrs. Geneva Langston manned the Veterans display table, to help publicize the existence of our historic Charles T. Norwood  American Legion Post 157.  
      One of the charter members (founders) of Post 157 was World War I Veteran John Jerome Turner who lived in Oberlin Village. The house where he lived, at 1002 Oberlin Road, has been officially designated as Historic property and is known as the Historic John T. and Mary Turner House.  Also, between World War I and the Vietnam Era, more than 125 Oberlin men and women served our nation in uniform. “Credit: Legionnaire Joe Holt”.